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Very tight super 8 Ektachrome cartridges !
yes, had many transportation issue's with the old 100d, new stock is very smooth running. Found the old 100d to jam the most in my canon 514xl, old 100d would also cause flickery images e...

Haze - Train workshop scene
You can use Loban(frankincense its called as per google)..Here its an industry standard,it gives out a bit thicker smoke compared to haze machine,Its safe to breathe..Its cheap.You can even put som...

Aaton LTR Excessive Jitter
Thanks Matej, John and Gregg for your insight. I got the negative back today. The camera did indeed jump out of sync with the shutter. All of the footage after about 35 seconds has a double exposur...

Practical Tungsten Bulbs Question
Thanks a lot Alex! that was an informative response. I was gonna shoot at a lower ISO with the BMPCC 4K so I was thinking of using the practical then lighting my subject with a china ball....

Short Film Critique - from a writer/director
Don't worry, do you know how many incredible films makes Ricky Garza from Mejico Cabron? Zero So never mind what he said, keep filming and keep experimenting. The rules are gu...

ARRI Stabilized Remote Head SRH3
hey yallI am curious about some of the the features of the SRH3. Does it have backpan compensation? also the roll axis specs say 90+-. is it 90 degrees of roll in both directions or 90 degrees tota...

SmallHD Focus Question
Me too, Thats an excuse it takes 3 seconds to do that, you can do it sloppy or you can do it correctly, is not reliable to measure according to lying monitor, thanks to that monitor i got lots...

Combining lenses
The other thing is that a lot of comparatively affordable modern stills lenses are very competitive with anything in the world from a sheer sharpness and resolution perspective. Where they fail is...

Feature movie with 2C as main camera
Thanks for the clarification Dom. Man, Robin..you are really hard-headed. I figured you'd learn a thing or two hanging with Batman all those years. Check out this quote fro...

DIY Film Scanner (With Samples)
Hey everyone, I'm about to take the plunge as I have a boxload of Super 8 to transfer. I have a Raspberry Pi with its camera, a stepper motor and a donor Elmo GP-E projector. I'll try a...